I admit to being mystified by Facebook. I do not always understand what draws attention, especially when you’re trying to figure out what you can show in social media that will result in responses.

I often see that what my daughter made for dinner draws 20 or 30 “likes,” yet when I post incredibly cute pictures of my grandchildren or something else I find especially interesting, maybe I’ll get 10 or 15 “likes” (although some of my grandkid and daughter photos have occasionally gotten more).

Over two years ago we got a cat from the WAIF Cat Cottage in Freeland. My children and grandchildren still get a few likes when I post the photos, but it is really the pictures of Dash our cat that garner attention. When I post pictures of Dash with the grandkids, that seems to especially attract responses.

If you’re a young person, and into Facebook and other social media, you can probably post just about anything to receive a lot of responses.

If you’re in my generation, I guess if you want to have more responses to your Facebook posts,

Article originally appeared on Carolyn Browne Tamler (http://www.carolynbrownetamler.com/).